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Bad Luck and Trouble
Jack Reacher novel #11

by Lee Child



      Jack Reacher, former military policeman with no ties and just a folding toothbrush plus an ATM card, receives a coded SOS from Frances Neagley, a former colleague. She learned members of their elite team of army investigators are being killed. A former MP, Calvin Franz, was dumped from a helicopter over the California desert. He was a member of the special investigative team headed by Reacher.

Together Reacher and Neagley discover Franz is not the only casualty of the group of eight. Three others are missing and discovered brutally murdered. In their search, they become embroiled in a super-secret government operation and international terrorism. They can trust no one and must find those behind this before they, too, become victims.

This is Child's usual excellent escapist adventure. It is well written with rapid fire prose and banter. Reacher is the solid, strong and silent type; a solitary drifter par excellence, who is as tough as nails and will be anything necessary to get the job done, He does it against all odds. He is a good man to have on your side. The action is fast-paced with the eye-to-eye battle scenes graphic and breathtaking.

Bad Luck and Trouble is guaranteed to keep the reader turning the pages until the final confrontation. Just don't plan on any other activity once you begin page one.

Reviews of other titles in this series

Without Fail #6
Persuader #7
The Hard Way #10
Bad Luck and Trouble #11
Nothing to Lose #12
Gone Tomorrow #13
Worth Dying For #15
The Affair #16
Never Go Back #18

The Book

Delacorte Press
May 2007
Hardcover
978-0-385-34055-7
Suspense
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The Reviewer

Barbara Buhrer
Reviewed 2007
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